This is real life, not just a blog highlighting the ebbs and flows of a project house. So much has gone on in the last few months since my last blog entry, I don’t even know where to begin. In a nutshell, we found our dream home property, moved out of Hudson, dove headfirst into the “busy season” for our business, and then tragedy struck just a few weeks ago.

I wasn’t sure at the time if the incident at Goodwill put the nail in coffin of my dream […]

How do you have a weight loss of 440 .lbs and gain it back in 60 minutes?

Try donating to Goodwill and having them turn their backs on company policy! After all my hard work and research throughout multiple website and companies, I was under the impression that Goodwill had a policy that made use of 99% clothes. Here’s what I thought was going to happen […]

The saturday before Father’s Day, I spent the entire time to clean the second floor bedrooms and just listened to Podcasts. There wasn’t a whole lot of unique finds. Mostly the material is made up of clothes and old toys from the 80’s & 90’s. Aparently all the really old stuff ended up in the store. It’s almost like reverse packing. The easiest access point filled up first and as time went on and the place got more filled, the owners had to go farther and farther back. I will bet the newest stuff is in the room I’m currently cleaning, the far back of the second floor… […]

Dividing the time between actually doing the work of cleaning the place up and documenting it for this blog feels like a job. That’s no fun. After the last post’s weight loss, there has been plenty of room to work and lot’s has been going on. The main room on the second floor has been completely cleared out, really showing off the square footage! […]

I feel about 800 lbs lighter today! Loosing weight feels great and this is probably not the weight loss you’re used to seeing. I know it’s been quite some time since the last update, but that’s just life. After all, isn’t it better to be out living life and doing things than stuck at a computer writing? Now that I’ve got some down time, I’ll fill you in on what’s been happening at 49 Columbia and everything else on my mind.

Cleaning and organizing the kitchen and water closet went buy relatively quickly. I’m not sure if it was because I spent longer blocks of time here with less distractions or if it’s because the space is only half the size of the store. Either way it’s done and over with and I’m ready to move upstairs. This whole clean up thing is really starting to get old.

I have to admit, at first glance and going back to my original walk thru video, I thought there would have been more trash thrown out. I swear I’m being more vigilant here than even at my own home where not every bit of recyclable material makes it to the bin. My first two bags were just a bit of everything because I couldn’t even find a place to keep sorted materials. Eventually I found […]